Sakari was part of a study team with Lt. Jan Simmons. Sakari was the pilot and Simmons was the flight engineer.

Major Sakari was the target of a plot to stage his murder as an accident. The plot was instigated by Kutan's Prime Minister, who had contracted Dr. Winslow to use an electronic jamming device to crash Sakari's aircraft.

After the prime minister of Kutan was jailed for the attempted murder, Sakari dropped out of test pilot training and returned to Kutan.